Chaucer and Petrarch

First full study of Chaucer's readings and translations of Petrarch suggests a far greater influence than has hitherto been accepted.

Despite the fact that Chaucer introduced Petrarch's work into England in the late fourteenth century, Petrarch's influence has been very little studied. This book, the first full—length study of Chaucer's reading and translation of Petrarch, examines Chaucer's translations of Petrarch's Latin prose and Italian poetry against the backdrop of his experience of I...